Red Bull Japan Co., Ltd.
Norihiro Akahoshi will be re-appointed as Japan Ambassador for the world’s largest running event “Wings for Life World Run”!
Contributing to the discovery of treatments for spinal cord injuries ……
Red Bull Japan Co., Ltd. will support the running event “Wings for Life World Run” sponsored by the Wings for Life Foundation.
We are pleased to announce that Norihiro Akahoshi, a former
professional baseball player, active as a baseball critic and commentator, has been appointed as the Japanese ambassador for this event, following on from last year.
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Suguru Saito for Wings for Life World Run
“I am Norihiro Akahoshi, a former member of the Hanshin Tigers, and I have been appointed as the Wings for Life World Run 2024 Ambassador.I am very honored to have the opportunity to be involved in this event following the previous event. I would like to get people to know about for Life World Run, and I would like to do my part to help find a cure for spinal cord injuries.” Mr. Akahoshi commented enthusiastically. This event is a running event that starts not only in Japan but also all over the world, including Austria, Brazil, and Slovakia, with the aim of providing funding for research aimed at discovering treatments for spinal cord injuries. We are planning to hold an App Run event where participants will gather to run on the same course as the App Run event.
Last year, a total of 206,728 people from 192 nationalities
participated, and it started simultaneously in 158 countries around the world.
This year, the event will be held from 8:00 pm on Sunday, May 5, 2024, Japan time, and entries will start from 8:00 pm on Wednesday, November 8, 2023.
Ambassador profile
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■Norihiro Akahoshi
Joined the Hanshin Tigers in 2000. He won the stolen base title and the rookie of the year in his first year, won the stolen base title for five consecutive years until 2005, and won the Golden Glove Award six times. In 2009, he suffered a spinal cord injury due to a diving catch during a game, and regrettably retired the same year.
[About Wings for Life World Run]
Once a year, the Wings for Life World Run is held around the world. All participants will start at the same time worldwide and can run together on their personal favorite route or across several venues using the Wings for Life World Run app. Thirty minutes after the start, a virtual catcher car will pass the runners. The results will tell you not only the time and distance, but also your ranking in the world. In addition to the competitive appeal of running, it is also a fun running event where you can run in costume.
The most appealing thing about this event is that all runners, no matter what form or location, are connected for one purpose: to donate to spinal cord research. To date, the Wings for Life World Run has raised a total of 43.8 million euros, raised by 1,293,716 runners from 195 countries, all of which will be donated to research for a cure for spinal cord injuries.
[Entry method]
Entry from the event page below
https://www.wingsforlifeworldrun.com/ja